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1. CALCULATION OF TEMPERATURES IN GAS TURBINE ROTOR-STATOR CAVITIES USING CONJUGATE HEAT TRANSFER

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Author:
Vadvadgi, Aneesh Sridhar
Title:
CALCULATION OF TEMPERATURES IN GAS TURBINE ROTOR-STATOR CAVITIES USING CONJUGATE HEAT TRANSFER
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
CFD
Conjugate heat transfer
gas turbine
File:
Download Calculation_of_Temperatures_in_Gas_Turbine_Rotor_Stator_Cavities_Using_Conjugate_Heat_Transfer.pdf
Committee Members:
Savash Yavuzkurt, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Savas Yavuzkurt, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

2. IMPLEMENTATION AND VALIDATION OF A NON-CUT CELL IMMERSED BOUNDARY METHOD FOR USE IN ICING SMIULATIONS

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Author:
Sarofeen, Christian
Title:
IMPLEMENTATION AND VALIDATION OF A NON-CUT CELL IMMERSED BOUNDARY METHOD FOR USE IN ICING SMIULATIONS
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Simulation
Computational
IBM
Immersed Boundary Method
CFD
Icing
Rotorcraft
File:
Download ChristianSarofeen-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Eric Patterson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Eric Paterson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Philip John Morris, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

5. IGNITION TRANSIENT IN AN ETHYLENE FUELED SCRAMJET ENGINE WITH AIR THROTTLING

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Author:
Li, Jian
Title:
IGNITION TRANSIENT IN AN ETHYLENE FUELED SCRAMJET ENGINE WITH AIR THROTTLING
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
supersonic combustion
Scramjet
CFD
air throttling
File:
Download PhD_Dissertation_Jian_Li_March_27.pdf
Committee Members:
Dr Vigor Yang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Vigor Yang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
John Harlan Mahaffy, Committee Member
Robert Francis Kunz, Committee Member
Robert John Santoro, Committee Member

6. Computation of Viscous Multiphase Hydrodynamics and Ship Motions During Wave-Slap Events and Wave Excited Roll

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Author:
Smith, Kevin
Title:
Computation of Viscous Multiphase Hydrodynamics and Ship Motions During Wave-Slap Events and Wave Excited Roll
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
wave breaking
tumblehome
oscillating cylinder
prescribed motion
RANS
CFD
VOF
6DOF
seakeeping
wave impact
wave model
free surface
sponge layer
numerical beach
dissipation zone
box barge
mesh motion
deep water
shallow water
non reflecting boundary condition
openfoam
finite volume method
wave dissipation
impact load scaling
File:
Download KevinSmithMSThesisPSUETDr2.pdf
Committee Members:
Eric Paterson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric Paterson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

7. Thermal Hydraulic Analysis of Two Phase Closed thermosyphon Cooling System for New Cold Neutron Source Moderator of Breazeale Research Reactor at Penn State

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Author:
Habte, Melaku
Title:
Thermal Hydraulic Analysis of Two Phase Closed thermosyphon Cooling System for New Cold Neutron Source Moderator of Breazeale Research Reactor at Penn State
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Dryout Temperature
Two-phase CFD Modeling
FLUENT
Cold Neutron Source
Moderator Cooling
Nucleate Boiling
CFD
Two-Phase Heat Transfer
Two-Phase Closed Thermosyphon
Cryogenic Temperatrure
Thermodynamics of Thermosyphon
Liquid Neon Cooling
File:
Download MelakuHabteDissertation2008.pdf
Committee Members:
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kenan Unlu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Fan Bill B Cheung, Committee Member
John Harlan Mahaffy, Committee Member
Xiantao Li, Committee Member

8. DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF A COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMIC METHODOLOGY FOR BLOOD PUMP DESIGN ANALYSIS AND PREDICTION OF THROMBUS POTENTIAL

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Author:
Medvitz, Richard B
Title:
DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF A COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMIC METHODOLOGY FOR BLOOD PUMP DESIGN ANALYSIS AND PREDICTION OF THROMBUS POTENTIAL
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
CFD
File:
Download RichardMedvitz-Dissertation-final.pdf
Committee Members:
Eric G Paterson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Michael Cimbala, Committee Member
Arnold Anthony Fontaine, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
Robert Francis Kunz, Committee Member
Leomard Joel Peltier, Committee Member

9. FILM COOLING CALCULATIONS WITH AN ITERATIVE CONJUGATE HEAT TRANSFER APPROACH USING EMPIRICAL HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENT CORRECTIONS

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Author:
Dhiman, Sushant
Title:
FILM COOLING CALCULATIONS WITH AN ITERATIVE CONJUGATE HEAT TRANSFER APPROACH USING EMPIRICAL HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENT CORRECTIONS
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Conjugate Heat transfer
Film Cooling
Gas Turbine
CFD
File:
Download THESIS_SUSHANT_DHIMAN.pdf
Committee Members:
Savas Yavuzkurt, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Savas Yavuzkurt, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

10. Methanol, Water and Heat Transport in Direct Methanol Fuel Cells for Portable Power

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Author:
Liu, Wenpeng
Title:
Methanol, Water and Heat Transport in Direct Methanol Fuel Cells for Portable Power
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
numerical modeling
DMFC
direct methanol fuel cell
CFD
Fluent
File:
Download PhD_WenpengLiu.pdf
Committee Members:
Chao Yang Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Matthew M Mench, Committee Member
Kendra Sharp, Committee Member
Andre Louis Boehman, Committee Member

13. A Hybrid CFD-DSMC Model Designed to Simulate Rapidly Rarefying Flow Fields and its Application to Physical Vapor Deposition

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Author:
Gott, Kevin Nathaniel
Title:
A Hybrid CFD-DSMC Model Designed to Simulate Rapidly Rarefying Flow Fields and its Application to Physical Vapor Deposition
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Physical Vapor Deposition
CFD
DSMC
Multi-physics Modeling
Vacuum
Coatings
File:
Download KGott_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Anil Kamalakant Kulkarni, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jogender Singh, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member

15. A Phase-Lag Approach to Incompressible CFD Simulations with Emphasis on the Unsteady Interaction of Hydroturbine Blades

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Author:
Wouden, Alex Michael
Title:
A Phase-Lag Approach to Incompressible CFD Simulations with Emphasis on the Unsteady Interaction of Hydroturbine Blades
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
hydropower
hydroturbine
CFD
chorochronic
phase-lag
incompressible
openfoam
File:
Download AlexMWouden-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
John Michael Cimbala, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

18. EFFECTS OF BLADE BOUNDARY LAYER TRANSITION AND DAYTIME ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE ON WIND TURBINE PERFORMANCE ANALYZED WITH BLADE-RESOLVED SIMULATION AND FIELD DATA

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Author:
Nandi, Tarak Nath
Title:
EFFECTS OF BLADE BOUNDARY LAYER TRANSITION AND DAYTIME ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE ON WIND TURBINE PERFORMANCE ANALYZED WITH BLADE-RESOLVED SIMULATION AND FIELD DATA
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Fluid Mechanics
CFD
turbulence
transition
atmospheric boundary layer
actuator line method
RANS
LES
Wind Energy
File:
Download Penn_State_University_Dissertation_forSubmission.pdf
Committee Members:
James Brasseur, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Brasseur, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sven Schmitz, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
Eric G. Paterson, Outside Member
Mark David Maughmer, Committee Member
Eric G. Paterson, Special Member

19. CFD Modeling of In-Cylinder Heat Transfer in Piston Engines

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Author:
Sircar, Arpan
Title:
CFD Modeling of In-Cylinder Heat Transfer in Piston Engines
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
CFD
Combustion
Turbulence
Radiation
Boundary Layer
IC Engines
File:
Download Arpan_Sircar_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Daniel Connell Haworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert J Santoro, Committee Member
Stephen R Turns, Committee Member
Philip John Morris, Outside Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

20. Numerical Simulation of Fluid flow and Heat Transfer Characteristics in Dimpled Jackets

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Author:
Mohamed, Mohand
Title:
Numerical Simulation of Fluid flow and Heat Transfer Characteristics in Dimpled Jackets
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Heat transfer
Fluid flow
Dimpled Jacket
CFD
Nusselt Number
Friction Factor
File:
Download Mohand_Mohamed_May2020.pdf
Committee Members:
Anilchandra Attaluri, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Brian Allen Maicke, Committee Member
Issam Abu-Mahfouz, Program Head/Chair
Richard Christopher Ciocci, Committee Member

21. MULT-SCALE MODELLING AND COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS ANALSYIS OF TRANSITION METAL DICHALCOGENIDE (TMD) GROWTH IN AN MOCVD CHAMBER

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Author:
Zafar, Suhaib
Title:
MULT-SCALE MODELLING AND COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS ANALSYIS OF TRANSITION METAL DICHALCOGENIDE (TMD) GROWTH IN AN MOCVD CHAMBER
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
CFD
2D materials
TMDs
MOCVD
Growth Kinetics
File:
Download MS_thesis_Suhaib.pdf
Committee Members:
Yuan Xuan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Francis Kunz, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Program Head/Chair